The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President, Republican candidate George W. Bush, and Green candidate Ralph Nader. Bill Clinton, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Nader narrowly won the November 7 election, with 275 electoral votes to Gore's 3 and Bush's 260. The election was closest of the 21st century and would also be one of the few election where a candidate won the electoral vote but not the popular vote(Nader won the electoral vote, Bush won the popular vote).